Anti-Discrimination, Anti-Racism and Anti-Bias Practices for Psychiatry - August 5 Session

This training session includes didactic content and facilitated break-outs adapted specifically for the Department of Psychiatry.

Presentation: Anti-Discrimination, Anti-Racism and Anti-Bias Practices for Psychiatry in the Canadian Medical Landscape

Speakers: Dr. Fiona Rawle, Dr. Shaheen Darani

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Presented online via Zoom.

This interactive workshop is designed to support psychiatry faculty in developing the knowledge, skills, and practical strategies needed to advance anti-discrimination, anti-racism, and anti-bias practices within academic and clinical settings. Participants will explore the historical and contemporary roots of racism, discrimination, and bias in Canadian medicine and examine how these forces continue to shape the experiences of patients, learners, and colleagues.

Through facilitated discussion, reflection, and case-based learning, participants will strengthen their ability to recognize different forms of discrimination and bias, understand their impact on mental health and healthcare outcomes, and identify opportunities to foster more equitable and inclusive environments. The workshop will also provide practical tools and strategies to respond to discriminatory incidents and to promote anti-racist and anti-discriminatory practices at the individual, interpersonal, and organizational levels.

By emphasizing dialogue, reflection, and psychiatry-specific case examples, this session aims to support participants in translating EDIIA principles into meaningful action within their clinical and academic roles.

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

1. Describe the key historical roots of racism, discrimination, and bias in the Canadian academic health care context.
2. Recognize different forms of racism, discrimination, and bias in different medical scenarios and their impact on health disparities.
3. Identify specific strategies to advance anti-racist and anti-discrimination workplace practices at personal, organizational, and structural levels in the academic health care context.
4. Apply anti-racism and anti-discrimination strategies to respond to scenarios arising in the academic healthcare context.

Maximum 80 people per session - registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.